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A grieving husband encounters a teen identical to his dead wife-- in face, name, and magical skills.
Baker
& Taylor
A popular magic act for 40 years, Dane and Mandy are separated when a car wreck supposedly takes Mandy's life, but instead she is transformed … More »
A grieving husband encounters a teen identical to his dead wife-- in face, name, and magical skills.
Baker
& Taylor
A popular magic act for 40 years, Dane and Mandy are separated when a car wreck supposedly takes Mandy's life, but instead she is transformed into her 19-year-old self in the present, and when the pair reunite, she still mesmerizes Dane--now 40 years her elder.
A popular magic act for forty years, Dane and Mandy are separated when a car wreck supposedly takes Mandy's life, but instead she is transformed into her nineteen-year-old self in the present, and when the pair reunite, she still mesmerizes Dane--now forty years her elder.
Simon and Schuster
Dane and Mandy, a popular magic act for forty years, are tragically separated by a car wreck that claims Mandy’s life—or so everyone thinks. Even as Dane mourns and tries to rebuild his life without her, Mandy, supposedly dead, awakes in the present as the nineteen-year-old she was in 1970. Distraught and disoriented in what to her is the future, she is confined to a mental ward until she discovers a magical ability to pass invisibly through time and space to escape. Alone in a strange world, she uses her mysterious powers to eke out a living, performing magic on the streets and in a quaint coffee shop.
Hoping to discover an exciting new talent, Dane ventures into the coffee shop and is transfixed by the magic he sees, illusions that even he, a seasoned professional, cannot explain. But more than anything, he is emotionally devastated by this teenager who has never met him, doesn’t know him, is certainly not in love with him, but is in every respect identical to the young beauty he first met and married some forty years earlier.
They begin a furtive relationship as mentor and protégée, but even as Dane tries to sort out who she really is and she tries to understand why she is drawn to him, they are watched by secretive interests who not only possess the answers to Mandy’s powers and misplacement in time but also the roguish ability to decide what will become of her.
Frank Peretti has crafted a rich, rewarding story of love and life, loss and restoration, full of twists and mystery. Exceptionally well written, Illusion will soon prove another Peretti classic.
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Add a CommentGreat piece of fiction based on magic and far-reaching experimental science (can't say more without a "SPOILER" alert). One of the best of Peretti's to date. Absolutely amazing
A good read! In my opinion it is Peretti's most imaginative and creative work. The plot is absolutely mind-boggling.
Amazing book! It's so different than anything I've ever read and I found it impossible to put down. The plot is very interesting and a little confusing at the same time. The only criticism I have is that it is a little too long and dragged out. Overall I found it so intriguing.
This is a really interesting read with some mind-bending surprises. However, it is not (at all!!!) a "quick" read. The book is dense and does drag a bit. It's got a great premise and the execution is mainly well-done, but you're in for a loooong ride.